So a few weeks ago I was watching the Food Network (dangerous mistake #1) and I saw three back to back episodes on bbq, hot dogs, and steaks.  By the end of the 90 minutes I was drooling all over and my stomach was roaring for some savory deliciousness.  It was totally awesome that all [...]

(I have to tell you that every time I’ve typed “granola” during this post I have originally mistyped it as “grandola” first and for some reason that just totally cracks me up)!  I now return you to your regularly scheduled program. So as I was saying I recently discovered the delectible combination of creamy yogurt [...]

I really have no better title for this post than just that. I’m watching a show called “Barbeque Paradise” on the Travel Channel and basically I’m drooling all over my laptop wishing I was licking my fingers at some hole-in-the-wall Texas BBQ joint. Just to clarify: bbq = meat with sauce or rub (many times [...]

Last evening I came home from work and threw a few ingredients together to make some dinner: pasta, turkey Italian sausage, sauce; grapes; left-over-stale-bread-turned-into-yummy-garlic-bread; and milk.  It was really quite a tasty meal. The other members of the house were sitting down to watch Kung-Fu Panda, which I hadn’t seen before, so I too settled [...]

Yes.  It’s true. I resisted for a long time.  Mostly because I was entirely unimpressed by the cupcakes that I had tasted from the various new, chic, cupcakeries that have been sweeping Southern California.  Sure they looked cute and the myriad of flavors was inticing.  And who doesn’t love the perfect ratio of cake to [...]

I’m not exactly sure if this qualifies as tortilla soup (hence “Mavricky”) but I have no idea what else to call it since I made it up.  I for sure know that it is tasty, savory, spicy, and delicious, but that seemed like a rather lengthy name!  This soup was inspired by my attempt to [...]

A few years ago I quit pork cold turkey.  I had heard a few discussions and read a few articles that left me completely unappetized by the meat and I decided I would do just fine by removing it from my diet.  While I was grieving the thought of never enjoying another bacon-wrapped, cream cheese [...]

Well once again I write to you from my own personal test kitchen with a victorious report on my latest recipe re-creation.  I have toyed with this recipe before but never quite got it right.  Until this weekend.  Sadly, I don’t have a picture of my own creation to show you, but fear not, I’ll [...]

I have this little habit of attempting accurate replicas of recipies I enjoy out and about.  Some time ago I sampled a delightful Asian Chicken Salad but my appetite was lost when I paid the bill for the ridiculously overpriced salad.  So I began a quest to recreate the deliciousness I had experienced.   I collected [...]

I did a little baking tonight and as I sat down to enjoy a taste of the little treats I made for some friends, I literally said out loud to myself, “I seriously have no idea why I am still single when I can do stuff like this…” They always say that food is the [...]